The major goal of the SJSU Counseling Services' Pre-doctoral Internship Program is
to provide high quality learning experiences to interns in counseling and clinical
psychology in preparation for a career in mental health. To help attain this goal,
the counseling faculty has a strong commitment to supervise, teach, and mentor our
trainees. Our training is guided by a Practitioner-Scholar model in which we train
clinicians to be informed of theory and research in the science of Psychology.

Our predoctoral internship program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation
of the American Psychological Association (APA). We are proud members of the Association
of Counseling Center Training Agencies (ACCTA) a national organization for training
programs within university counseling centers.

Our supervisors represent a broad base of theoretical backgrounds, thus interns are
exposed to various models. We emphasize short-term treatment approaches that meet
the needs of a diverse student body. We are committed to training pre-doctoral interns
for work in a diverse world. While the field of psychology as a whole has embraced
the importance of multicultural awareness and competence, this is a commitment that
we reaffirm daily. We live and work in the midst of one of the most diverse communities
in the world and provide trainees experiences to engage in social justice work.

We strive to provide interns with challenging and developmentally appropriate training
experiences. We accomplish this by emphasizing training that is sequential, cumulative,
and graded in complexity. We provide didactic trainings, experiential learning (direct
service), mentorship, and role modeling from various staff members. We encourage self-examination
and awareness of the impact of self on others.

At Counseling Services we believe that different levels of trainees have different
developmental needs. We work with post-doctoral residents, pre-doctoral psychology
interns, and advanced practicum counselors. Pre-doctoral interns are separated for
some components of training so that we may address your unique developmental needs.
Pre-doctoral interns meet with post-doctoral residents and advanced practicum counselors
for some components of training in order to optimize the diverse perspectives that
arise when combining various training levels.

Counseling Services abides by the Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Conduct
of Conduct. Our program meets state licensure requirements for internships and provides
broad training covering all the major areas of knowledge and skills expected of a
psychologist in a university counseling center setting (Standard 7.01), provides an
accurate description of the training program, goals and objectives, stipends, benefits
and exit criteria (Standard 7.02), provides training as described in the program materials
(Standard 7.03), does not require interns to disclose or discuss personal information
except as it is related to their developing skills and professional effectiveness
(Standard 7.04), does not mandate outside therapy experiences (Standard 7.05), provides
evaluations of interns in a timely manner (Standard 7.06), and prohibits sexual relationships
between interns and supervisory staff (Standard 7.07).

We have outlined the following training goals and objectives:

Intern Training Goals

Goal 1: To develop competence in ethics and legal matters and explore ethical issues through
a multicultural lens.

Objectives:

Interns will demonstrate knowledge of APA ethical and legal principles.

Interns will demonstrate awareness of the complexities in exploring ethical issues.

Interns will demonstrate skills in implementation of these laws and ethical principles
in a culturally sensitive manner.

Interns will demonstrate the ability to effectively handle diverse dispositions of
individuals in crisis, document, and follow-up with crisis situations.

Goal 4: Interns will develop the ability to consult and collaborate with an interdisciplinary
staff, the campus community, and off-campus community in a multiculturally sensitive
manner.

Objectives:

Interns will demonstrate the ability to consult and collaborate with peers, supervisors,
and administrative professional staff.

Interns will demonstrate the ability to consult and collaborate with University personnel,
off-campus mental and medical health providers, off-campus community members, and
families and friends of students.

Goal 5: Interns will develop knowledge, awareness, and skills for working with individual
and cultural diversity.

Objectives:

Interns will demonstrate the ability to continuously examine their own attitudes,
assumptions, behaviors, and values in working with individual and cultural diversity
issues.

Interns will demonstrate the ability to provide services sensitive to individual and
cultural differences.

Interns will demonstrate awareness of the cultural biases inherent in psychological
theory and interventions.

Interns will demonstrate the ability to seek consultation and to pursue further learning
regarding diversity issues.

Goal 6: Interns will develop a professional identity as a psychologist.

Objectives:

Interns will demonstrate the ability to interact in a multiculturally sensitive and
professional manner with a diverse group of peers, supervisors, administrative and
professional staff.

Interns will demonstrate professional responsibility with case management, documentation,
and time management.

Interns will begin to develop their own therapeutic style.

Interns will begin to develop their own areas of expertise and specialization.

Goal 7: Interns will develop the ability to provide multiculturally focused outreach and
social justice interventions.

Objectives:

Interns will demonstrate a commitment toward reducing oppression and injustice in
the University community and in the community as a whole.

Interns will demonstrate competence in facilitation and presentation skills.

Interns will demonstrate the ability to participate in community activities and establish
relationships with other university colleagues.

These goals will be addressed and facilitated through modeling by professionals, supervision,
didactic training, experiential learning, and mentoring. These goals will be assessed
by providing written and verbal feedback to each pre-doctoral intern (see Training
Manual section: "Assessment of Trainee Progress").

AGENCY DESCRIPTION:

San José State University Counseling Services is a department within the Division
of Student Affairs at San José State University. Counseling Services offers services
designed to help San José State's diverse student body of 30,000 identify and accomplish
their academic and career goals, enhance personal development, meet life's challenges,
and improve interpersonal relationships. Counseling Services is established as a comprehensive
counseling center offering core clinical services, developmental and life skills interventions,
consultations, and outreach to our diverse student population. Short-term counseling
and psychotherapy are the primary means of direct service delivery.

AGENCY OBJECTIVE:

Counseling Services provides quality services to students so they can achieve their
goals of becoming successful graduates of San José State University, both academically
and socially. To fulfill this objective, we look at the whole student and provide
guidance and tools to become productive and well-rounded. To do that, professionally
trained psychologists, social workers, and counselors are available for students on
an individual or group basis for counseling on a myriad of psychological and academic
issues. In addition, we provide services such as outreach presentations for students,
student groups, staff/faculty, and staff consultations on issues of student mental
health and campus climate; and professional training, teaching, and supervision for
future mental health personnel, consistent with the educational mission of the university.

POPULATION SERVED:

Counseling Services provides services for all enrolled students of San José State
University. The student population of SJSU is a highly diverse group. For example,
there is no one clear majority group (more than 50%) in terms of ethnicity on the
campus and ages range from late teens to many students in their fifties. In addition,
there is diversity around ability/disability, religion, culture, sexual orientation,
value systems and lifestyles.

THEORETICAL ORIENTATION:

Counseling Services' staff utilize a variety of theoretical positions including psychodynamic,
cognitive-behavioral, feminist, gestalt, humanistic, and systems perspectives. Generally,
an integrated approach to counseling and psychotherapy is shared by the staff.

CROSS-CULTURAL TRAINING:

Training in cross-cultural therapy and counseling is integrated into most, if not
all, training activities. As noted, SJSU Counseling Services serves a highly diverse
population. Pre-doctoral interns participate in a Diversity Process Group and Social
Justice and Outreach Training Series where social justice and outreach issues are
integrated and discussed in depth. Pre-doctoral interns are also encouraged to serve
as consultants to campus cultural groups. Lastly, Counseling Services hosts a yearly
conference: Multicultural Training Day. Trainees and Training Directors from university
counseling centers in the Bay Area are invited to attend and share in a day of multicultural
learning and dialogue.

COMPONENTS OF THE CLINICAL PREDOCTORAL INTERNSHIP TRAINING PROGRAM

There are four major component areas of the Training Program. These areas are Cultural
Diversity, Training, Direct Service, and Indirect Service.

Cultural Diversity:

This component is considered to be the most important of the training program for
interns and is woven throughout all other components. Cultural diversity themes appear
in individual and group sessions, supervision, in the outreach programming in which
interns take part, in the training seminar presentations, and in clinical meetings.
In addition, there are many seminar experiences focusing on self-awareness of cultural
identities. Pre-doctoral interns participate in two unique experiences (fully described
below): Social Justice and Outreach component and Process Group in Diversity. Additionally,
Counseling Services hosts an annual one-day Multicultural Training Day conference,
which pre-doctoral interns attend.

Training:

Seminars

Didactic Training Seminar: The Training Seminar meets weekly and is co-led by one licensed clinician and one
Multicultural Post-doctoral Resident. During the weekly Training Seminar, various
clinical topics are presented and discussed by faculty at Counseling Services. Common
training topics include: intervention skills for brief therapy models domestic violence,
cultural-double-bind, working with specific cultural populations (e.g., ethnic groups,
international students, sexual identity, gender identity), boundaries/multiple relationships
and ethical issues, suicide and violence assessment, professional development (e.g.,
applying for next training positions, preparation for licensure in psychology, job
interviews), eating disorders, substance abuse, and empirically-supported treatments
for various presenting concerns and client populations. The exact content of the trainings
varies based on the needs of the training cohort. During the Fall and Spring semesters,
advanced practicum counselors may be invited to attend select didactic training presentations.

During the summer months, Pre-doctoral Interns will receive additional training in
the following topics: preparing to conduct clinical supervision, couple's counseling,
and other topics deemed developmentally appropriate for the pre-doctoral intern cohort.
Pre-doctoral interns will also be required to deliver a training seminar presentation
on an area of scholarly inquiry (e.g., dissertation project, other current research).
These summer topics are tailored to the needs of the interns as we fill in gaps in
training and move the pre-doctoral interns toward readiness for postdoctoral placements.

Diversity Process Group: The Process Group in Diversity is an opportunity for trainees to develop their awareness
in diversity through discussion and experiential process. Our agency believes that
self-awareness is vital to the development of the competent practitioner. Trainees
may be invited to present on their own cultural identity. Staff may be invited into
the seminar to model sharing about their own unique identity statuses. A trainee may
be excused from participating in the Diversity Group through consultation with their
primary supervisor and Training Coordinator. Pre-doctoral interns are combined with
advanced practicum counselors for this experience. It is the Training Committee's
philosophy that including a diverse group of individuals (including diversity in training
levels) enriches the discussion in this seminar. In order to ensure the emotional
safety of trainees, information discussed in this seminar is entirely confidential
and is not part of the evaluation process.

Social Justice and Outreach Series: The Social Justice and Outreach Series during the Fall semester is led by a licensed
clinician. Trainees will discuss the role of Psychologists in addressing social justice
issues that may prevent or alleviate mental health struggles; explore the relationship
between social justice and the development of outreach services and programs; and
may help in developing specialization areas in which they focus their outreach efforts
(e.g., LGBT student services, cross-cultural center, international students, substance
abuse, eating disorders and body image, suicide prevention). Pre-doctoral interns
are combined with advanced practicum counselors for this experience. It is the Training
Committee's philosophy that including a diverse group of individuals (including diversity
in training levels) enriches the discussion. Pre-doctoral interns benefit from learning
of the outreach experiences of the Multicultural Post-doctoral Residents and may have
opportunities to collaborate with the Residents on projects.

Group on Groups & Workshops: The Group seminar is led by a licensed clinician. The seminar focuses on assisting
and supervising trainees as they develop, market, and co-lead therapy groups and psycho-educational
workshops. Pre-doctoral interns are required to co-lead therapy groups with a staff
member or a Multicultural Post-doctoral Resident. Thus, the Post-doctoral Residents
also attend this seminar to benefit from shared processing of group therapy experiences.
Information regarding performance in this seminar, as well as performance when leading
groups and workshops, may be provided to the individual supervisor for inclusion in
the semester evaluation process.

Testing and Measurement Seminar: The testing and measurement series is led by a licensed Psychologist. The seminar
is designed to review tests and measures originally introduced in doctoral programs
and to emphasize the cultural complexities of interpreting testing data. Pre-doctoral
interns will be required to administer approximately two small batteries and discuss
ethical issues in the administration of test instruments and diagnosing. This is a
small component of the training experience. Information regarding clinical skills
developed in this seminar may be provided to the individual supervisor for inclusion
in the semester evaluation process.

Supervision/Case Consultation:

Individual (1:1) Supervision: Counseling Services meets or exceeds the supervision requirement in the Board of
Psychology's Supervised Professional Experience (SPE) regulation. Each pre-doctoral
intern will be provided with supervision for at least 10% of the total time worked
each week. At least two hours per week of individual face-to-face supervision are
provided each week. Supervisor assignments for the Fall semester are made by the Training
Committee. Pre-doctoral interns are required to change supervisors during the second
semester to obtain a breadth of orientations, techniques, and styles. For the second
semester, trainees' preferences for supervisors are solicited and considered in assignments
made by the Training Committee. Every effort is made to match requests.

Group Supervision: Group supervision occurs one hour per week. Group supervision is led by a licensed
clinician. Group supervision provides a forum for discussing clinical work and improving
clinical skills. Group supervision also provides the format for presenting formal
case presentations (see “Other Training Opportunities”). The Counseling Services Psychiatrist
frequently visits this meeting to provide opportunities for case consultation.

Clinical Consultation Meeting: This weekly meeting is for all faculty counselors, educational counselors, psychiatrists,
and trainees. It is an opportunity to present cases to one another and engage in clinical
consultation. The emphasis in the meeting is on viewing our work as a team effort
to provide the best possible service to students.

Audio/Video Recording: In order to provide specific and in-depth feedback, supervisors require that pre-doctoral
interns audio- or video-record all client sessions. Recorded sessions are provided
to the trainees' supervisor and may be reviewed with the trainee during supervision
or outside of supervision times. Trainees inform clients of the recording requirements
at the same time they inform clients of their supervision, which is usually during
the first session. Should a client not want to be recorded, the client will be reassigned
to a non-recording counselor within the agency. Sessions are digitally recorded and
stored on a secure server for three weeks. Recorded sessions are for training purposes
only and are not available for use outside of Counseling Services. If a client wishes
to obtain recorded sessions, the trainee must consult with their primary supervisor.
Any recording taken out of Counseling Services is a violation of this policy and subject
to disciplinary actions.

Direct Service:

Direct service hours are provided through individual, couple, and group counseling
sessions; outreach presentations; and assessment/crises coverage. The provision of
direct service hours are done through consultation with your primary supervisor. Pre-doctoral
interns are expected to accrue 24.5 hours of direct service per week.

Individual/Couple Psychotherapy: Pre-doctoral interns are expected to accrue the majority of the direct service hours
through work with individual clients. The size of the caseload varies considerably
depending on whether clients are seen weekly or less often. Clinical load may also
vary during slower times of the year, such as winter break and the beginning of fall
semester, and higher during peak times such as midterms and finals.

Assessment/Crisis Coverage: Assessment/crisis coverage requires a 4.5 hour assigned shift between the hours of
8:00 AM and 5:00 PM. San José State University students who wish to receive personal
counseling complete computerized paperwork and then immediately meet with the assessment/crisis
counselor who is on duty. These sessions generally last 15- 20 minutes and are designed
to “assess” the student's reason for wanting personal counseling and to clarify risk
factors. After the assessment, if determined to be appropriate for our services, the
student is generally placed on the waitlist to be assigned to an appropriate counselor.
Each semester, a variety of crisis cases demand our attention. These include walk-in
clients who seem to be in crisis, calls from staff in the residence halls, or requests
from faculty or staff to consult about troubled students. In addition to the assigned
shift, from time to time all counselors may be called on to assist with crisis situations.

Pre-doctoral interns are not responsible for after-hour emergency coverage. All after-hours
emergency coverage is managed by licensed clinicians on staff.

Group Therapy: Pre-doctoral interns may be involved in providing group therapy. Formation of groups
will be discussed in orientation, individual supervision, and the Group on Groups
and Workshops Seminar. Pre-doctoral interns are required to co-lead therapy groups
with a Multicultural Post-doctoral Resident or licensed faculty member. Groups are
supervised by the leader of the Group on Group Seminar or the licensed clinician co-leading
the group.

Outreach and Workshops: Pre-doctoral interns are expected to be involved in various Counseling Services programming.
Pre-doctoral interns are encouraged to gain presentation skills by observing and then
co-presenting psycho-educational workshops. Interns are required to deliver a minimum
of one workshop per semester, although our expectation is that interns will significantly
exceed this requirement. Interns are required to have one workshop per semester observed.
The observer, a faculty counselor or post-doctoral resident, will complete a feedback
form which will be reviewed with the intern and provided to the individual supervisor.
The “Spartan Success Series,” managed by Educational Counselors at Counseling Services,
provide opportunities to lead workshops such as: stress management, internet addiction,
time management, and cross-cultural communication skills. Pre-doctoral interns may
also be part of programs presented during re-occurring campus events such as Eating
Disorders Awareness Week, Transgender Awareness Week, The Tunnel of Oppression, or
African American History month. Time spent on these projects varies widely. Pre-doctoral
interns are welcome to suggest programs based on their interest areas.

Indirect Service:

Peer Support Meetings: Pre-doctoral interns are encouraged to attend a weekly meeting to support each other
and process their unique developmental experiences. Meetings may focus on supporting
each other through transitions, increasing accountability regarding progress on dissertations,
discussing issues that come up around working in Counseling Services, and processing
the dynamics within the cohort.

Case Management: Pre-doctoral interns schedule time into their weekly schedules to complete their case
records, review session recordings, and attend to other administrative tasks. In addition,
certain blocks of free time for this will present themselves from time to time (e.g.,
cancellations, no-shows).

Other Consultation, Club, or Committee Work: In the past, trainees have become involved with other organizations or programs that
correspond to their own interests. These have included the Mental Health Ambassadors
(student group de-stigmatizing mental health services), Thousand Stars (suicide prevention
programming), and Peers In Pride (LGBTQ mentoring program) or the larger LGBTQ Resource
Center; Career Services; Health Services; MOSAIC Cross-cultural Center; Cesar Chavez
Community Action Center; Women's Resource Center; Athletic Department, etc.

Attendance at Division or Departmental Meetings and Functions: Our program values collaboration with other campus members and exposure to the larger
picture of university functions. Thus, pre-doctoral interns attend various meetings
throughout the year that involve the larger staff and faculty of San José State University.
These include: Division of Student Affairs Professional Development Day, Division
of Student Affairs Town Hall Meetings, and various university social functions or
celebrations.

Other Training Opportunities:

Case Presentations: Pre-doctoral interns are required to give a minimum of two formal case presentations
over the course of the training year. Case presentations are delivered during the
Group Supervision meetings. Supervisors may assist trainees in any manner they wish
with case presentations (e.g., review write-up, attend presentation.). The pre-doctoral
intern will receive feedback from the group supervision leaders and this information
may be provided to the primary supervisor for inclusion in semester evaluations.

Grand Rounds: Counseling Services values ongoing trainings for all levels of trainees and faculty
and staff. Thus, Counseling Services provides between 2-16 hours of department-wide
“Grand Rounds” each academic year. These presentations may be provided by staff/faculty
within the Department or by outside presenters.

Training Program Manual

We encourage you to review our Training Program Manual (pdf). This manual contains more detailed explanations of the training program, as well
as training program policies. Distribution of this material without the written permission
from San José State University Counseling Services; One Washington Square, ADM 201;
San Jose CA 95192-0035, is strictly prohibited.

HOURS:

Our training program for pre-doctoral interns is for 2000 hours of Supervised Professional
Experience (SPE), accrued over 12 months. Training generally begins around mid-August.
We will solicit 4 pre-doctoral interns. Pre-doctoral interns are expected to be available
during Counseling Services business hours: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM, Mondays through Fridays.

STIPEND AND BENEFITS:

We offer a stipend of $26,000. In addition to the stipend, pre-doctoral interns will
receive excellent medical and dental benefits as well as various staff privileges
(e.g., library use, access to a campus gym, reduced rates on public transportation).
Unfortunately, parking permits are not included. Pre-doctoral interns may purchase
campus parking permits through Parking Services (approximately $300 for 12-months
of parking).

APPLICATION AND SELECTION PROCESS:

We participate in the APPIC match and use the APPIC Application for Psychology Internship
(AAPI Online). To access the AAPI, please visit: http://www.appic.org/ The website provides instructions for how to complete and submit your APPI online
application. If you have not requested an applicant agreement form and materials describing
the APPIC Internship Matching Program, please contact the National Matching Service
(NMS) at http://www.natmatch.com/psychint/applregister.html.

Our information for NMS is as follows: San José State University, Counseling Services
*APPIC Member Number: 2143 *APPIC Match Number for NMS: 214311

We understand that the selection process can be quite stressful. We are happy to provide
as much information as possible to make the process more pleasant. At our site, applicants
are initially screened based on the information provided in the AAPI. Those applicants
who are determined to be a good fit will be invited to interview with two to three
members of our Training Committee. Only phone interviews will be available. Interview
offers will be made no later than mid-December. If you have not heard from us by mid
December then you are welcome to contact the Training Coordinator to inquire about
your application status. Phone interviews will occur in the middle or later parts
of December and in early January. After the interview process, we are unable to provide
information regarding our applicant rank list. Our program has agreed to abide by
the APPIC Policy that no member on our staff will solicit, accept, or use any ranking
related information from any intern applicant. If you perceive that a program violates
this APPIC Policy, we invite you to discuss this matter with your academic program
training director.

APPLICATION DEADLINE IS NOVEMBER 3, 2014.

If you find that your questions are not answered by our website information (please
see the full Training Manual link), please contact the Training Coordinator, Stephen
Chen, Psy.D. (Stephen.Chen@sjsu.edu).

Our internship program is accredited by the American Psychological Association. Questions
related to the program’s accredited status should be directed to the Commission on
Accreditation: